Lid remover



March 2 192e.- 1,575,558

P. D. GERHART LID REMOVER origial Filed Nov 19, 1921 INVENTOR ATTORNEYPatented Mar. 2, 1926.

PAUL D. GERHART, or EXETER, CALIFORNIA.

LID Removers.

Substitute for application Serial No. 516,398, filed November 19, 1921.This application filed November To all 'wko/1n t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL D. GERHART,

a citizen of the United States, residing at route No. l, Box 94A,Exeter, in the county ot- Tulare and State ot California, have inventednew and uset'ul improvements in Lid Removers, ot which the -following isa specification.

This invention relates to a lid remover and is a substitution for myabandoned application which was tiled November 19, 1921, Serial No.516,398 and allowed July 28, 1922, and has for its primary object theprovision ot' a remover that may be readily mounted upon a jar or otherreceptacle and when in place will exert great pressure under the lid forprying the same trom the An object of the invention is the provision ota litter or remover that will ettectively remove a well-known lid 'froma without in any way subjecting the operator to any great exertion orhazard.

A Jfeature of the invention is the novel manner of constructing andarranging the parts so that a leverage action may be produced torexerting great pressure under the lid and so remove the same with theleast exertion possible.

It will be noted the parts are so constructed and asssociated that thelitter may be quickly connected to or disconnected from ajar or otherreceptacle.

`With these and other objects in view the invention will be betterunderstood from the 'following detailed description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing wherein Fig. 1 is a side elevation ot theremover in applied position,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view, and

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on the line S-B ot Fig, 2.

Again referring to the drawing illustrating one of the manyconstructions ot' my invention, the letter B designates a jar upon whichis mounted a well-known lid C that is provided with a tiange D.

The numeral 1 designates the split band ot my improved litter. The endsot the heeft er@ entre@ @Laverda te teun aan Serial N0. 752,771.

surfaces 2 tor facilitating the snapping ot the band around the neck otthe jar and also to -facilitate the removal of the band trom the jar byexerting pressure upon the bent ends. The band 1 is formed with a totdedportion to provide a projection 3 and turther provided with supportingwings et that extend laterally trom the projection in the oppositedirection and rest upon` the shoulder E. A .lever 5 is pivotallyconnected to the projection as sho vn at 6 and is provided with a toothi so disposed that in the swinging' movement ot the lever same will moveinto engagement with the under surface ot the flange D and furthermovement ot' the lever will exert pressure great enough to torce the lidfrom the jar.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, it will be seen that I provide a structure that may loe veryquickly connected vand disconnected from a jar or otherv receptacle andwhich is capable of exerting great pressure at the proper point to forcethe cap or lid 'from the jar. It will also be noted that this actiontakes place in a manner that danger to the operator is eliminated andbeside the amount ot exertion necessary is reduced to a minimum.

It is, ot course, to be understood that the diierent relations and,therefore, I do not desire to loc limited in any manner except as setforth in the claim hereunto appended.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim is: l j

A lid remover comprising a split band for engagement around a jar neck,said band being formed with a folded portion to provide a projectionextending et right angles to the band, wings at the lower end of' theprojection and extending in opposite clirections for bearing on theshoulder of the jar and a lever pivoted to the projection to swingvertically and a tooth on the inner end ot the lever for engagementunder the j ar cap.

ln testimony whereof I atiix my signature,

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